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Old 20-Jul-2005, 14:05
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Default Re: Generic "will".

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Originally Posted by tdol
I can`t see any futurity in this one. It does express willingness and ability, but is the carrion inevitable?
Hmm. The qualified inevitability of animal behaviour, perhaps. It will kill and eat seals, if it can. A jackal will eat carrion, if it finds some. Boys will be boys. Girls will be girls. (It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world.)

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